We dont have a gavel. Committee on constitution of civil rights and Civil Liberties are called to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of this subcommittee at any time. Welcome everybody to todays hearing, hearing on evidence not a field hearing. On evidence of current and ongoing voting discrimination. I recognize myself for an opening statement. Todays hearing on evidence of current and ongoing voting discrimination is part of a series of hearings that the house judiciary subcommittee on constitution civil rights and Civil Liberties will hold over the course of this year to assess the current need for a reinvigoration of the preclearance requirement of the section five of the Voting Rights act 65 to consider other ways to strengthen that landmark civil rights statute. I am not sure why we say wee reinvigoration. Thats one of the words we toss arnold. It is not really a reinvigoration. It is more of a degradation that section four would cut out. We need
Its a testament to her knowledge and status that she worked as counsel and later senior counsel both republican and democratic chairs of this committee. Susan later moved to the democratic stamp on the former chair Ranking Member john conyers where she expanded her portfolio to include Administrative Law the federal courts and ethics issues. When i was elected to serve as chair he also asked susan to serve as committee parliamentarian. In addition to her all their duties. To develop procedures for hearings, markups and other committee activities. Regular viewers of this committee will recognize as the person sitting behind me providing the wise counsel. Susan has been essential to the operations of this committee and shes been involved in nearly every pace of Committee Business over the last year. Though she will be leaving the committee she will continue the book service as she transitions to a position with the Administrative Office of the u. S. Court. I wish her well as i think her
Chair nadler the frequency of these killings, the absence of full accountability for those responsible sent a message to members of the Africanamerican Community that black lives do not matter. Let me state clearly for the record that black lives matter. Our criminal Justice System, including our Police Departments, cannot function without africanamericans knowing that their lives matter equally, that the system works to protect them just as it does every other citizen. We must also be able to put ourselves in the shoes of our Law Enforcement officers. We must be able to celebrate the services and sacrifices of our men and women in Law Enforcement who put their lives on the line ay in and day out. Serving up an inherently dangerous job. Take an advantage Law Enforcement officers and their families. It is alsoresponsible for the majority of incidents of misconduct. Todays hearing presents a unique opportunity for to us hear from some of the individuals and families affected by police mi
Im the political register. The rules are, be iowa nice. If you do things that are interfering with other people, dont do those things. Thanks for sticking with us. We will have more tomorrow. The speeches are o desm oinesregister. Com. And now, senator cory booker. Senator booker hello, iowa. Hello, everybody. Thank you, thank you. A low, mean to start on but it is actually a high. I began today giving a eulogy for my great aunt, who was born and raised in des moines. My great aunt and my grandmother, born and raised in des moines, i am not the first of my family to be at the iowa state fair. Is that my lore goes grandmother and my great aunt who i eulogized this morning, they actually competed at the iowa state fair during the depression. Their story is that they took second prize to Shirley Temple back then. The only thing i can say, i will not saying. But i am really proud of those iowa roots. I said at the eulogy this morning, we buried a 100yearold iowa one, and the story of this
The chair on this vote the yeas are 348, the nays are 75. He amendment is adopted. The Unfinished Business is the quest for a recorded vote on amendment 32 printed in part b of house report 116109 offered by the gentlewoman from california, ms. Matsui, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 32 printed in part b of house report 116109 offered by ms. Atsui of california. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes y electronic device. This is a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is e